Mount for diatoric teeth.



No. 69!,550. Patented Jan. 2|, I902.

H. M. JUSTI.

MOUNT FOR.DIATOBIC TEETH.

(Application filed May 7, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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HENRY M. J USTI, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO 7 H. D. JUSTI & SON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A FIRM.

MOUNT FOR DIATORIG TEETH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 691,550, dated January 21, 1902.

Application filed May 7, 1901- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY MARTIN JUsTI, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and countyof Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mounts for Artificial Teeth, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of means applicable to an artificial tooth for aflixing the same to a card or other mount for firmly supporting the tooth for the market, exhibition, and inspection in fine condition and with the best effects, the novel features of the same being pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents aperspective view of a tooth embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a rear View thereof. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section thereof on line 0a m, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a vertical section thereof on line y Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents a vertical section of the tooth in primary condition. Fig. 6 represents a perspective view of the affixed device. Fig. 7 represents a plan View of teeth mounted in accordance with my invention. Fig. 8 represents a vertical section on line .2 a, Fig. 7.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents an artificial tooth known as a diatoric tooth, the same having therein the vertically-extending recess B and in the walls at the sides of said recess the cross-openings O, which latter are in communication with said recess.

1) designates an attaching device, the same consisting of a loop, preferably of steel or other resilient material, having laterallyturned lips E, the legs F of said loop being at such distance apart that they may be fitted into the recess B by proper manipulation of the same and portions of the same projecting outside of the tooth.

The operation is as follows: The legs are pressed together or contracted andintroduced in the recess B and the lips E are directed to the openings 0, the loop then being let go, whereby said legs expand and said lips spring fully into said openings 0, and the legs F engage with the adjacent side walls of the recess B, it now being noticed that a portion of the body of the loop projects outside of the recess B, while it is firmly connected with the tooth. Teeth thus constituted may now be mounted by presenting them to a strip G of wax or Serial No. 59,086- (No model.)

into said strip, whereby the loops are engaged with the same and the teeth firmly held on the strip as a mount, presenting the teeth in condition for the market, exhibition, inspection, 850., it being evident that a tooth may be readily removed from the strip and reapplied, all of which is accomplished in a simple, convenient, and inexpensive manner. When a tooth is removed, the legs of the loop may be contracted, whereby the lips emerge from the cross-openings 0, when the loop may now be displaced, leaving the tooth adapted for use when so desired. When the loop is displaced, any material from the strip G that may clog the recess B and cross-openings C may be readily picked out and removed therefrom, the tooth being in normal condition, and the loop may be restored.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An artificial tooth having therein, a vertical recess, and cross-openings in the side wall thereof, in combination with a loop havin g expansible legs which partly occupy said recess and project partly outside of the same and are provided on their inner ends with lips which removably occupy said openings.

2. An artificial tooth having a recess and cross-openings in the side walls thereof communicating therewith, a loop having expansible legs partly occupying said recess and projecting partly exterior thereof, lips on the inner ends of said legs adapted to occupy said cross-openings, and a piece of pliable and penetrable materialinto which the exterior projecting portion of said loop is adapted to be stuck.

3. An artificial tooth having a recess, and a cross-opening in the side wall communicating with said recess, a removable leg partly occupying said recess and partly projecting exterior thereof, a lip on said leg removably occupyingsaid cross-opening, and a piece of pliable and penetrable material into which the exterior portion of. said leg is stuck and on which the body of the tooth rests.

HENRY M. J USTI. 

